John 17:15

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
- King James Version

"I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil {one.}
- New American Standard Version (1995)

I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil `one'.
- American Standard Version (1901)

My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.
- Basic English Bible

I do not demand that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them out of evil.
- Darby Bible

I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil.
- Webster's Bible

I do not ask that Thou wilt remove them out of the world, but that Thou wilt protect them from the Evil one.
- Weymouth Bible

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.
- World English Bible

Y preye not, that thou take hem awei fro the world, but that thou kepe hem fro yuel.
- Wycliffe Bible

I do not ask that Thou mayest take them out of the world, but that Thou mayest keep them out of the evil.
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for John 17:15

17:15 That thou wouldest take them out of the world - Not yet: but that thou wouldest keep them from the evil one - Who reigns therein.

People's Bible Notes for John 17:15

Joh 17:15,16 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world. The world had hated the Master and was about to slay him, because he was not of the world. So it would hate the apostles, who were not of the world, and seek to slay them; he does not pray that they should be taken out of the world, for they have a work to do, but that the Father would keep them from the power of the evil one.